European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday. April 37, 1987 into Nam die Peara s Cove treasure trove unlikely expert says Oriental . Dpi Archaeol Logi Sli revealed saturday they have found an old sailing ship buried in themed of teach i Cove where the Infa Mous pirate blackboard lurked. The time ravaged Hulk was uncovered by Mark Wilde ranting 36. Of the North Carolina underwater archaeology unit. It was found in shallow water Dur ing a routine inspection of a site where Developer had applied for a dredging permit it was buried in about 2 feel of mud and had been pretty Well eaten said Wilde farming. He estimated the vessel to be about 100 feet Long with a beam of 25 Tim and s draft of tight its 12 feet. The discovery was made last Decem Ber but officials kept the find secret fearing treasure Hunten and souvenir seekers would swarm into the area and tear apart the wreck. Wilde Ramsing came Forward with the Story became rumours of it bad begun to circulate and he wanted to put to rest a Story that treasure had been found. I Don t believe it hat any treasure on ii said Wilde Ramsing. The value of it lies wholly in the historical information we could gain from it and 1 think that s something the Community would want to protect. The discovery was made in Greencreek part of teach Cove. The Cove is named for Edward teach the notorious Blackbeard who is said to have had one of his Many hideouts there. The love command a View of theneus River 1 mites wide at Oriental and it would have provided a sheltered spot for ships flying the Jolly Roger to swoop out and attack River traffic an vessels headed into Pamlico sound. Teach is painted in local legend As fearless merciless sea robber Olio struck terror in the hearts of victims and Crew men alike. It is said he twisted his Long Lack Beard into Snake like strings and then tied them behind his ears to appear even More ferocious. One of the More fanciful local tale concerning teach is that during one of his looting of a merchant ship on the High seas he captured a Princess. Deeming it unwise to Lake her Home this Wile. No. 4, then living in nearby Bath he dropped the Princess off in Oriental intending to return. Before he made it Back he was captured and be headed at Ocracoke in 1718. Wilde Ramsing said an analysis of pieces taken from the wreck revealed that the vessel was made entirely of White Oak which argues Tor it being european or from the  he said it was very unlikely the Shipways Southern built since Pine was so plentiful in the Region and most locally built ships had Pine in them. The archaeologist said the vessel bad mostly wooden fastening i and the pen were hand shaped eight sided an they had Square wedges in the ends of them to tighten them up. That is Indica Tive of an old boat even colonial he said. Wild Ramsing said his Best guest was that the wreck was an abandoned boat that had been Lowed off of the Side of the Channel and left slate authorities have lined up a group of local residents to watch for any would be looters. Wilde ramming Laid Ibe la permits any police officer or Deputy to step in to protect historically valuable Sites. The archaeologist said that although he s "99 percent positive there s no treasure to be recovered from the wreck it s still something that needs to be checked. It May turn out to be real inter Esting. App two up to the Challenge sister Ann Bosch talks to children Friday at  s school in Buffalo Grove 111, i she makes Good on a Promise to the kids. She told them that she d spend school Day on the Nawf if they collected $10,000orcdrire to raise funds for books. Army receives Gates Learjet Washington a when you talk about Mili tary jets you Don t talk about the army. Helicopters yes. Observation planes and Turboprop Tor vips . Until now. The army last month entered the Jet age Courtesy of the Fri and the . Border patrol. The service took Possession of a dates Learjet valued at $2.5 million on March 25, giving the army its first and Only  seven passenger executive Jet was seized in 1980 by the Border patrol and Fri As a result of a investigation that disclosed it was being used to Feny illegal aliens said Jan Finegan a spokeswoman for the army s aviation systems come. It Sal in storage Tor More than six years until Federal court finally awarded permanent custody of the plane to the . Government on March 2."the Fri and Border patrol did t Wani it so we asked for it the spokeswoman said. It was transferred to us on March 25." the plane is scheduled to be placed in service Earl next year after its Interior is refurbished and its flight systems checked out Finegan said the army is not sure How much it will Cost to re furbish the Interior but says the work will follow the same blueprints used by the air Force which already uses the same plane to provide transportation to con Gressmen and top Pentagon officials. As might be expected the army has decided to base the plane in Washington and use it for official Airlift support vip  brass currently relies on commercial airliners a Small Fleet of c-12 Turboprop or space Oil air Force planes for their trips. Air Canada Experiment forces passengers to kick their Butts new York not passengers wailing for the no Smo Trig Light to go out on the air Canada flight from la Guardia Airport to Toronto will be disappointed. In won t. Starting sunday smoking was banned on 18 daily air Canada flights out of the new York area in a three Mij Isth Experiment that will be closely watched by the airline Industry and a living Public thai is becoming increasingly intolerant of breathing Stokr fillet  air Canada is not the Pioneer in smokeless flights it will be the Only major Carrier serving the United slates to offer them. The other airlines still rely on passenger segregation with an airline required to accommodate anyone who requests o seat in a non smoking  United states government has banned smoking on passenger planes with fewer than 3d  variety of health a cups and some members of Congress Are seeking to broaden that ban. Four Bills to prohibit smoking on air planes have been introduced i Congress. Such Bills have failed in the past but the anti smok ing groups Are More optimistic this Lime. For one thing the percentage of passengers requesting seals inthe smoking Section of airlines has declined to about 25 percent from 50 percent is years ago said Michael de Wilde an air Canada general manager. Surveys by airlines indicate thai a vast majority of passengers now support smoking ban. An air Canada poll of passengers flying Between new York and Canada found that More than 83 percent favored prohibit Vord the smoking ban. And almost two thirds of the10,000 frequent tiers responding to the latest airline passengers association Survey said they were at least somewhat in favor of a ban. Stateside Nevada prison inmates May learn to break horses Carson City. Nev. A the Assembly ways and Means committee has been offered & new prison Industry breaking wild horses. It could end up being a great Boon and a great Industry said Tern Jay executive director of the stale wild horse commission. Jay said the program would teach inmates horse handling and breaking skills that could be used in jobs after prison. She asked the panel to approve two positions to administer convict cowboys and see that the horses Are adopted after  chairman Marvin Sedway said his committee May have some other suggestions joking Why Don t we make a Deal that anyone who adopts a hone also has to adopt a convict detective sent to Hospital after being bitten by Man Fairmont . A a detective was hospitalized and Given antibiotics after a Man bit him while the officer was breaking up a fight officials said. Detective Steve Cane s hand was swollen unlike a baseball Glove after he was bitten by Rob Ert Jack Valentine said pol ice sgt Ted  had been trying to break up a fight Between Valentine and David wine the Serjeant said the detective was listed in satisfactory Condi Tion at Fairmont general Hospital. Hospital official said bites from humans carry a risk of  and wine were arrested and charged with creating an affray a violation of acuity ordinance Offutt said. National gallery buys rare Raphael drawing Washington a the National Gal Lery of Art has bought a rare drawing by Raphael from a private collection in England for , using funds provided by billionaire Art collector Arnand Hammer gallery officials  full scale drawing or cartoon made in 1507 and titled Madonna and child with Saintjohn the Baptist was the final study for a Belle Jardiniere a painting by the florentine Renaissance artist which hangs in the louvre in Paris the gallery acquired the drawing after six years of negotiations from the heirs of he Earl of Leicester at hot Nam Hall in England where it had been held at least since the Early 18thcentury. Andrew Robison the National gallery s Cura Tor of prints and drawings said it is the first full scale Raphael drawing Ever 10 leave  conducted the gallery s lengthy negotiations 10 acquire the Raphael